Like the title of this blog suggests, I spend an insane amount of time watching, listening to, talking about, and reading about sports. However, only 15-20% of whats in my head actually makes it here to the site for various reasons (i.e. laziness), but this is a random nugget that I felt compelled to share.

I watch “NFL Matchup” on ESPN alot, and my eyes are always drawn to Merrill Hoge’s hair… because it looks really weird like he’s wearing a hairpiece. So I head over to google and I take a shot in the dark on Merrill Hoge’s hair and I get a few results. Yes, there are other people in the world who talk about and laugh at Merrill Hoge’s toupee.

But during that search I found something else, a review of the 2003 NFL Draft. The author of this particular article thought Rex Grossman was a fine choice for Chicago, and refuted the claims that Rex would turn out to be a bust for the Bears.

“The biggest knock on Grossman was that he likes to party (who doesn’t?) and that Bill Walsh said in a Sports Illustrated article that he makes “catastrophic mistakes”. This, from the man who just hired Dennis “Mr. Catastrophic Mistake” Erickson to be the Niners head coach.

The defense rests.”

Oh boy oh boy… .was Bill Walsh right or WHAT? Rex Grossman singlehandedly lost the Super Bowl for Chicago a few years ago by committing several “catastrophic mistakes” in the biggest game of his career. If the GM in Chicago had only agreed with Walsh (who is considered one of the greatest football minds ever)…. history may have turned out differently.